Yesss, I love her. And The Daily Show. But yeah, I was on the phone with a friend last night, and she mentioned that she saw him on the preview, so she went to check IMDB and sure enough, there it was.
Um, so yeah. Last night was pretty incredible. I don't think I really knew what it was heading in -- I kind of thought they were going to do some Latin-inspired arrangements of showtunes, or something, but it was actually a big thing to honor Desi Arnaz, his career, his influence on the American perception of Latinos, and of course, on American music. So it basically charted his career; they did a couple of arrangements of familiar stuff (like Old Devil Moon), but it was mostly stuff that he either performed, or inspired him, or was inspired by him. And so I think anybody who knows about Raul's background, knowing that, can imagine how important an opportunity this was for him, to get to perform music that he (and his parents) grew up on, and music that is very much a part of who he is. He was on fire. He looked happy and proud up there, as he should have been, and was clearly thrilled and moved to be doing this. He sounded awesome, danced, and totally killed it. It was overall a great show (but I love Latin music), and I'm so glad I saw it.
I'll post the song list shortly.
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